The age old question on the minds of every one this Halloween season is, “What shall I consume this time?”  Well if you like your revenge tales served piping hot, than Blood Sausage is the show for you and your family this Halloween season (ok so maybe not your small children, but I’m sure your teens would enjoy a bite).  Blood Sausage, based on one of theater’s oldest revenge tragedies, Medea, poses the questions: “What happens when your whole life is destroyed?”; “How far would you go to avenge a broken heart?”; and “What the hell’s in that blood sausage anyway?”  When she was asked about the world premiere hor-omedy (horror/comedy…get it?  I won’t tell if you steal it!), writer/director Sara Kay Snider, no stranger to blood-filled comedies after last season’s The Horror, pondered, “What makes one of the saddest stories in the world funny?  Answer…gallons of blood, singing severed heads, and hot pants!”                                                                    

 

Blood Sausage centers around Medi and Jay Kopisakis’s family-owned and operated restaurant right in Chicago’s own Greek town.  As is true in the original stories, Medi, must figure out a way to make her husband suffer after he has destroyed her life and her family.  Medi’s treacherous plan unfolds amidst the back drop of love affairs, murder gone wrong, possessed machinery, and plenty of blood…sausage!  Plus, you will never see the same show twice! That is right, a guest restaurant critic will come to an untimely demise each show.  Guest critics will include your favorite Corn characters, Chicago comedy actors, and maybe even you!  PLUS, a raffle ticket can buy you a chance to star as the critic on Halloween night!  Raffle tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. You can purchase them online or at the theater.

 

Blood Sausage cast includes: Miquela A. Cruz, Erik Clancy, Jeremiah  Howe, Lindsey Charles, Cory Aiello, Renae Stone, Daniel Polonka, Julia Weiss, Jessica Record and Kelsi Karch.

 

 

So join the 12-year-old Corn Production Halloween hor-omedy tradition (now very popular with other companies as well) as we scare the hot pants off of you and make you laugh ‘til you shoot beer outta your nose!

Blood Sausage plays at Cornservatory, 4210 N. Lincoln Ave.  Wednesdays-Saturdays from October 3th through November 1st.  Tickets are $15 on Fridays and Saturdays & Half Price ($7) on Wednesdays and $10 on Thursdays. Group Rates are available To reserve tickets call 312-409-6435 or purchase below.